A little-known American automaker has just snatched the title of world's fastest production car.
SSC North America announced that its Tuatara hypercar reached an average speed of 316.11 miles per hour during two record-breaking dashes outside Las Vegas.
The vehicle, which was tested on a seven-mile stretch of a Nevada highway, also reached the highest speed ever achieved on a public road, at 331.15 miles per hour, according to the company. The official top speed of 316 miles per hour is the result of two runs in opposite directions, to account for wind and road variations.
SSC said that two independent witnesses were on site to verify the world records.
The Tuatara, which has butterfly doors and produces 1,750 horsepower from a turbocharged V-8 engine, is the second vehicle built by SSC to earn the title of world's fastest production car, according to the company. It says the model's aerodynamic design was inspired by fighter jets, taking more than a decade of research and development.
SSC, which bills itself as "America's first hypercar company," was founded in 1998 in Richland, Washington. SSC CEO Jerod Shelby, who is not related to legendary auto designer and racer Carroll Shelby, said the team's performance exceeded his own expectations, and was especially gratifying after "years of setbacks and challenges."
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Fastest deathtrap
I’d rather die in that at 315 mph then a Prius on I5 rush hour. 😉
too bad you couldn’t handle your kia rio
@aranphor agreed
https://youtu.be/l6GRVujVaJ4
I’m soo depressed
I just don’t know y do I make vids to keep myself happi 😖😖
Theres faster death traps. Hater
This will be useful in running away from my problems
. . . into a whole new and exciting and horrifically expensive set of problems!
_“No matter how fast I run, I simply can’t outrun the pain”_
– Sonic the Hedgehog
I would forget about POLITICS. Thats a good idea.
https://youtu.be/l6GRVujVaJ4
I’m soo depressed
I just don’t know y do I make vids to keep myself happi 😖😖
A great man said with great speed comes great insurance
LoL Indeed
Uncle Ben?
Are you sure it wasn’t Flora from Progressive? 😏
Teacher: “Don’t buy cars you can’t insure, Mr. Parker.” 😒
Peter: “Yeah, but those are the best kind.” 🤓
@DarkSchneider How does the Fast and Furious crew get coverage..
@Soren Ingram Not sure … Let’s ask Han after he comes back from the dead. 😅
Hobbs prob. has to pull some strings to alter the records, esp. for Dom. 🙄
SSC Tuatara: Exists
Speed limit: Am i a joke to you
German Autobahn, what’s a speed limit?
@Edi Pires ssc : yes you are…you can’t stop me
Yes, the American speed limits are a fucking joke.
Who else just drives a Toyota
Honda. lol
… I got hit by a Toyota once … “and oh what a feeling.”
I love my old 2007 Prius.
Trump just called Hunter’s computer “the laptop from hell” lol
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I’ve never even heard of SSC before this news cast
Never heard of the ultimate aero ?
@king of dodge different ssc. Thrust ssc is “super sonic car”, this ssc is “Shelby Super Cars”
You’re clearly not a car enthusiast then
@king of dodge you know nothing
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Koenigsegg is ready to slap another one down. Dang, Bugatti is #3 now. Yikes.
@Slaughter RIO the Jesko absolut has less power and a bigger frontal surface area than the Tuatara, the Jesko has a predicted top speed of 331, this was still accelerating at 331
Hopefully Toobin hasn’t “been” in this car – CNN: Jeffrey Toobin whacking it on a ZOOM call is RUSSIAN MISINFORMATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_eVjrU_uow
@The Yeti
Daughter, let the boys talk about cars peacefully, will you?
I was thinking exactly the same thing… it will be interesting to see how the folks over at Koenigsegg respond to this.
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I’d love one only to sell it and buy a house on every continent.
Property taxes will kill you with all those properties and you’ll end up losing them all.
Bugatti what y’all going to do?😂
Finally something other than looser leaders who care more about their powers than our health and well being, stay healthy and stay safe Vote for your sanity for next four years 🤷♂️🗳🙏🏽
yes, vote Trump 2020 to save America
@bigtx77 agreed
@bigtx77 agreed
Awesome let me buy one so I can sit in traffic.
Waste of life.
@imark what does affording something, have anything to do with the practicality of the actual product?
You my friend are uneducated in every way.
@Ramy H People who can afford this car don’t need it to be practical lol
@Ramy H lmao, when you can afford this kind of car you don’t sit in traffic.
Purely a show or weekend/early mornings car.
thats not the point…
Why would you buy this car to go sit in traffic. There are 4 million miles of road in the U.S, but you’d rather sit in traffic
Waste of life
“All this horsepower, and no where to gallop.” – Bruce Nolan, after becoming God
Lol just watch that again last night 😉
so, would it have killed them to let us hear the engine sound instead of that dumb music?!
Yes, it would have killed them
Newsflash : They were using regular 87 unleaded.
Nah it was probably E85 but good joke 🙂
331 mph is 532 kmh, for all non-Americans
Thanks Siri…
“TOOBIN”!! LOL
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